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Mike Drago

Mike Drago has written about sports at every level for parts of six decades, most notably at the Reading Eagle for the past 38 years. Mike has written a virtual history of Berks high school football and in 2013 was inducted into the Berks County Football Coaches Hall of Fame.

Mustangs’ championship formula is a simple one, but difficult to achieve

May 16, 2023

The night before the Berks Baseball League championship game Gov. Mifflin’s players were focused on a rematch against Wilson’s Matt VanOstenbridge and how they could take a better approach against him after he shut them out 10 days…

Diamond Credit Union Berks baseball scoreboard for Tuesday (complete)

May 16, 2023

Tuesday, May 16 Wilson7Red Lion4Ryan Sekulski 3 RBIs, Tommy Hunsicker 3 hits for Bulldogs (16-7); Rafael Fernandez 2 RBIs.Brandywine Heights9Jim Thorpe4Giovannni Ferraro, Nate Fronheiser HRs for Bullets (12-7); Carson…

It’s mission accomplished for Berks champion Mustangs

May 15, 2023

(Note: Boxscore updated with changes to reflect official scoring.) Tyler Minick fired a pitch past Rafael Fernandez for the final out of the BCIAA baseball championship game, then casually strode off the mound and flipped his glove…

Mustangs complete mission, top Bulldogs to win Berks baseball championship (updated with box score)

May 15, 2023

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) Gov. Mifflin claimed the baseball championship it felt it should have won a year ago, beating Wilson 6-3 Monday in the BCIAA title game at…

Twin Valley on the District 3 bubble entering final regular season game

May 15, 2023

The District 3 playoffs open Friday, but for Twin Valley they begin Monday afternoon. The Raiders are on the bubble in Class 5A, ranked 16th in a 16-team field and with a slim power rating lead over No. 17 Northern York. Twin…

UECU Player of the Week: Tyler Minick of Gov. Mifflin

May 15, 2023

Before he stepped into the batter’s box for the first time as a senior Tyler Minick had already established himself as one of the best baseball players in Gov. Mifflin history. He’s only added to that legacy this season,…

Wilson’s Matt VanOstebridge is UECU Pitcher of the Week

May 15, 2023

Matt VanOstenbridge has become Wilson’s big-game pitcher. The junior got the ball in the opening game of the Berks Baseball League playoffs and came through again, throwing six shutout innings against Oley Valley to earn…

Will Bulldogs’ ‘home field advantage’ be enough to top Mustangs for title?

May 14, 2023

Wilson will have a distinct home field advantage when it meets Gov. Mifflin for the BCIAA baseball championship Monday. Tommy and Christo Hunsicker, key cogs at the top of the Bulldogs’ lineup, literally grew up at FirstEnergy…

Red-hot Bulldogs hold off Muhls, head to Berks League championship game

May 13, 2023

Three weeks ago the Wilson Bulldogs didn’t look like a team that would be playing for any championships this season. They had lost three in a row, were in fourth place in their division and were struggling to stay above .500. They…

Tyler Minick power show carries Gov. Mifflin into Berks championship game

May 13, 2023

Tyler Minick trains and prepares for baseball games as hard and as well as anyone. Sometimes, though, you just have to improvise. Like Saturday afternoon in his second at-bat when he saw a knuckleball out of the hand of Fleetwood’s…

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